Mason: 'Only the Hawkeyes can do this'

UI ups fundraising goal to $1.7 billion as campaign shifts gears

12:23 AM,
May 3, 2013

Written by

Tara Bannow
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

The momentum behind the University of Iowa's eight-year fundraising campaign, which already has brought in more than $1 billion, prompted its leaders to bump up their goal to $1.7 billion by December 2016.

For Iowa, Forever More: The Campaign for the University of Iowa has been collecting money in a silent phase since 2008. The previous goal was $1.5 billion, but officials say they realized last fall they already were poised to surpass that.

"We felt pretty good that, 'So far, so good,' and we think we can push harder," UI President Sally Mason said. ...